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Ah ok. That make more sense. I find the US distribution of wealth vastly more inégal than Europe but that was not your point, sorry.

Absolutely, a diploma is needed and self starters are view with skepticism.

France is extreme with that for instance. Banks will lend you money to starts a specific business only if you have a related diploma ( hair dresser, butcher, boulanger … )

I mean; they won’t flat out refuse if you dont. But passing thought those trade schools will open doors.

I was just talking it with a friend very qualified in education in both the US and France.

He’s a certify teacher with experience in both countries.

He’s starting a business of teaching music exclusively. He has like 8 years of relevant experiences doing that.

France is still asking him to do a 2 years training if he want to access the government contracts of public schools.

And that’s in a context of teacher scarcity.

Silver lining, the training will cost like $1000/year but that borderline insulting to have him do that and I find the 2 years timeline insane.

So, yeah, long story short crendentism indeed.

I think it was coming from a good place originally. But at this point it’s silly.



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